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Viewing Album:  Vicksburg flood 2011
 
By:IC 9224
Dates:4/28/2011 - 4/28/2011
Album Info:Photos of Mississippi River flood at Vicksburg. No additional photos will be posted. Flood washed photographer to a new job location.
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assembing the wall, looking west
Title:  assembing the wall, looking west
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/2/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 4:46:28 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  277   Comments: 0
assembing the wall, looking north
Title:  assembing the wall, looking north
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/2/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 4:46:54 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  332   Comments: 0
assembing the wall, looking east
Title:  assembing the wall, looking east
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/2/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 4:47:14 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  208   Comments: 0
assembing the wall, looking east
Title:  assembing the wall, looking east
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/2/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 4:47:37 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  216   Comments: 0
timbers used to build the wall
Title:  timbers used to build the wall
Description:  The wooden timbers are placed inside the metal frames, and then sealed with tar.
Photo Date:  5/2/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 4:48:19 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  221   Comments: 0
assembing the wall, looking northwest
Title:  assembing the wall, looking northwest
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/2/2011  Upload Date: 5/2/2011 4:46:01 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  240   Comments: 0
Water over cornfield beside Redwood Jct
Title:  Water over cornfield beside Redwood Jct
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/3/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:09:22 PM
Location:  Redwood Jct, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Sidewalk to tracks
Title:  Sidewalk to tracks
Description:  Houses on stilts alongside the Cemetery Siding have built elevated walkways from their back doors to the tracks.
Photo Date:  5/3/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:11:39 PM
Location:  Cemetery, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  540   Comments: 0
Levee Street depot on wrong side of flood wall
Title:  Levee Street depot on wrong side of flood wall
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:46:37 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
Categories:  Station
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Views:  253   Comments: 0
Putting the pieces together of the floodwall
Title:  Putting the pieces together of the floodwall
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:47:21 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  224   Comments: 0
slightly higher view of wall
Title:  slightly higher view of wall
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:48:13 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  176   Comments: 0
view from the "wet" side of the wall
Title:  view from the "wet" side of the wall
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:48:54 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  196   Comments: 2
Another view from the "wet" side of the wall
Title:  Another view from the "wet" side of the wall
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:49:17 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  240   Comments: 2
floodwall construction and depot porch
Title:  floodwall construction and depot porch
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:49:47 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  156   Comments: 0
flood
Title:  flood
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:53:56 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  123   Comments: 0
Redwood Lake
Title:  Redwood Lake
Description:  This nice looking lake was a cornfield last week.
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:54:50 AM
Location:  Redwood, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  347   Comments: 0
levve construction across main at Anderson Tully
Title:  levve construction across main at Anderson Tully
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 10:58:41 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  164   Comments: 0
levees across main at Anderson Tully
Title:  levees across main at Anderson Tully
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/4/2011 11:00:07 AM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  125   Comments: 0
KCS/VSOR track cut and moved away from wall
Title:  KCS/VSOR track cut and moved away from wall
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:20:23 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
Categories:  Track
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Views:  286   Comments: 0
Wall foundation exposed under roadbed
Title:  Wall foundation exposed under roadbed
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:20:45 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  203   Comments: 0
Wall construction
Title:  Wall construction
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:21:06 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  173   Comments: 0
depot and cabooses on the wet side of the wall
Title:  depot and cabooses on the wet side of the wall
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:21:27 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  185   Comments: 0
Putting the timbers in
Title:  Putting the timbers in
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:22:10 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  156   Comments: 0
And the water keeps rising
Title:  And the water keeps rising
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:22:30 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  291   Comments: 0
Red flag and derail before the cut track
Title:  Red flag and derail before the cut track
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:22:51 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  216   Comments: 0
section of track removed for wall construction
Title:  section of track removed for wall construction
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:23:13 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  195   Comments: 0
And the wall keeps progressing
Title:  And the wall keeps progressing
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:23:35 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  171   Comments: 0
And the wall keeps rising higher
Title:  And the wall keeps rising higher
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 2:47:54 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  314   Comments: 0
Putting up the last support beams
Title:  Putting up the last support beams
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 2:48:16 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  155   Comments: 0
JV101 shoves the last train out of Vicksburg yard
Title:  JV101 shoves the last train out of Vicksburg yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 2:48:37 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  309   Comments: 0
JV101 gathering up the few remainin cars in Vicksburg yard
Title:  JV101 gathering up the few remainin cars in Vicksburg yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 2:48:59 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Empty yard.
Title:  Empty yard.
Description:  The main yard is empty. JV101 is gathering the last cars out of the west tracks. Meanwhile a tamper and regulator work on the tracks while the trains are out of the way.
Photo Date:  5/6/2011  Upload Date: 5/6/2011 2:49:19 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  275   Comments: 0
Flood waters creep closer to track at Redwood Jct.
Title:  Flood waters creep closer to track at Redwood Jct.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2011  Upload Date: 5/9/2011 2:01:42 PM
Location:  Redwood Jct, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  549   Comments: 0
Levee built by Armstrong Corp across tracks at MP 218
Title:  Levee built by Armstrong Corp across tracks at MP 218
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2011  Upload Date: 5/9/2011 2:02:38 PM
Location:  Cemetery, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  192   Comments: 0
Levee Street depot begins to take water
Title:  Levee Street depot begins to take water
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2011  Upload Date: 5/9/2011 2:03:06 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  578   Comments: 0
Tug passes in background as flood waters rise
Title:  Tug passes in background as flood waters rise
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2011  Upload Date: 5/9/2011 2:03:28 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  269   Comments: 0
Water as far as you can see from above Washington Street tunnel
Title:  Water as far as you can see from above Washington Street tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/9/2011  Upload Date: 5/9/2011 2:03:47 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  271   Comments: 0
The wall has a few minor leaks
Title:  The wall has a few minor leaks
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2011  Upload Date: 5/11/2011 1:54:10 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
Categories:  Track
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Views:  283   Comments: 0
Levee Street depot, MSRC 1605 and IC 9972 going under water
Title:  Levee Street depot, MSRC 1605 and IC 9972 going under water
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2011  Upload Date: 5/11/2011 1:54:40 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  491   Comments: 0
VSOR main going under water
Title:  VSOR main going under water
Description:  Tracks are on this side of line of grass under high power lines.
Photo Date:  5/11/2011  Upload Date: 5/11/2011 1:55:21 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  188   Comments: 0
Levee Street depot
Title:  Levee Street depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2011  Upload Date: 5/11/2011 1:55:53 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  339   Comments: 2
Remote controlled camera taking aerial photos
Title:  Remote controlled camera taking aerial photos
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2011  Upload Date: 5/11/2011 1:56:27 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  114   Comments: 0
Remote controlled camera lifting off to take aerial photos
Title:  Remote controlled camera lifting off to take aerial photos
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2011  Upload Date: 5/11/2011 1:56:54 PM
Location:  Vicksburg, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  253   Comments: 0
Cemetery Siding, Anderson Tully Levee and Warren S. O. boats
Title:  Cemetery Siding, Anderson Tully Levee and Warren S. O. boats
Description:  Deputies putting boat in to rescue folks who waited too long to leave homes.
Photo Date:  5/11/2011  Upload Date: 5/11/2011 1:57:52 PM
Location:  Cemetery, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  209   Comments: 0
Cemetery siding looking at Anderson Tully north levee across tracks
Title:  Cemetery siding looking at Anderson Tully north levee across tracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2011  Upload Date: 5/11/2011 1:58:27 PM
Location:  Cemetery, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  192   Comments: 0
Home owners removing belongings from homes via Cemetery Siding
Title:  Home owners removing belongings from homes via Cemetery Siding
Description:  No there isn't a road there.
Photo Date:  5/11/2011  Upload Date: 5/11/2011 1:59:23 PM
Location:  Cemetery, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  237   Comments: 0
Zoom shot of north end of Cemetery Siding.
Title:  Zoom shot of north end of Cemetery Siding.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2011  Upload Date: 5/11/2011 1:59:53 PM
Location:  Cemetery, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  165   Comments: 0
Pittman Street crossing of Cemetery Siding
Title:  Pittman Street crossing of Cemetery Siding
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2011  Upload Date: 5/11/2011 2:01:14 PM
Location:  Cemetery, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  107   Comments: 0
Looking south at Kings, Mississippi
Title:  Looking south at Kings, Mississippi
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2011  Upload Date: 5/11/2011 2:02:00 PM
Location:  Kings, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  97   Comments: 0
Zoom shot looking north at Kings, Mississippi
Title:  Zoom shot looking north at Kings, Mississippi
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/2011  Upload Date: 5/11/2011 2:02:44 PM
Location:  Kings, MS
Author:  IC 9224
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Views:  95   Comments: 0

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